蠶頭 in Chinese

IPA: /t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: cántóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cántóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cántóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tsʻan²-tʻou² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tsán-tóu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tsarntour [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цаньтоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], canʹtou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 蚕头 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蠶頭

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        {
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          "name": "Calligraphy",
          "orig": "zh:Calligraphy",
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        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "蠶頭燕尾"
        },
        {
          "word": "蚕头燕尾"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 燕尾 (yànwěi)"
        }
      ],
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        "dense flourish on the left side of a major stroke in clerical script"
      ],
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          "calligraphy",
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        [
          "flourish",
          "flourish"
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        [
          "clerical script",
          "clerical script"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(calligraphy) dense flourish on the left side of a major stroke in clerical script"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cántóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cántóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻan²-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsán-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsarntour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цаньтоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "canʹtou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠶頭"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "蠶頭燕尾"
    },
    {
      "word": "蚕头燕尾"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蠶",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Calligraphy"
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      "glosses": [
        "dense flourish on the left side of a major stroke in clerical script"
      ],
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          "calligraphy"
        ],
        [
          "dense",
          "dense"
        ],
        [
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          "flourish"
        ],
        [
          "clerical script",
          "clerical script"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(calligraphy) dense flourish on the left side of a major stroke in clerical script"
      ],
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        "arts",
        "calligraphy",
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cántóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cántóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cántóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻan²-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsán-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsarntour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цаньтоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "canʹtou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠶頭"
}

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"蠶頭" meaning in Chinese

Noun